Dingell Up to Speed on What a Kardashian Is, But Not Why EPA Promoted Her Game

In his Twitter feed this week, Rep. John Dingell (D-Michigan), the longest-serving member of Congress, cleared up one mystery – who is Kim Kardashian? – but still has questions about another:

Why was the Environmental Protection Agency's water account promoting her game?

“I'm the last original author of the Clean Water Act, but I have no idea who/what a Kardashian is and I rarely play games,” he Tweeted Tuesday. “You OK, @EPAwater?”

Dingell’s staff clued him in about Kardashian, the model, actress, entrepreneur, socialite and star of the reality show “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.”

“Staff has now informed me of what a Kardashian is,” he Tweeted later. “I'm only left with more questions.”

It turns out that Dingell may not have been the only one questioning  the EPA water account’s auto-generated Tweet promoting the “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood” game. 

The Tweet has been deleted, but not before 3,000 people had re-Tweeted it, Fox News said. According to screengrabs before it was deleted, the Tweet read:

“I'm now a C-List celebrity in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. Come join me and become famous too by playing on iPhone! http://t.co/SrloiiwUFZ,=.”

The EPA offered an apology.

“Whoops…our bad. Sorry about tweet. Upside - more attention for the Office of Water (http://water.epa.gov ), thanks @KimKardashian.”

That set off a flurry of Tweets, including one from a user who expressed surprise that “Kim Kardashian has done something useful? Do tell … ”